Toxic Timebomb Experts have recently warned that many landfill sites in the UK are at risk of leaking hazardous chemicals into our waterways as flooding and coastal erosion become more commonplace. The threat has even been dubbed ‘a toxic time bomb’. Recent research has revealed that 1,264 landfill sites are located in coastal areas and

Dozens of flood alerts and warnings have been issued across England, Wales and Scotland in the last couple of weeks or so. The south-west of England is expected to be the worst affected, while parts of North Wales have already experienced exceptionally large waves that have risen over coastal defences and caused chaos for local

The prospect of increasingly high tides can be a worrying thought for anyone, but imagine if you lived somewhere like Venice. Imagine if you faced having to check the tide times to see the next time a gondola was likely to try to barge its way in through your front door, not to mention the

As work continues across the country to reinforce tidal defences in preparation for harsher conditions once the British summer ends, spare a thought for people in other areas of the world where very little is being done to minimise the threat of sea damage to their homes. In southern India, for example, residents have been